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A. OERRUTI. CAN WIPING MACHINE.

Patented Mar. 24,1896.

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ANTONIO OERRUTI, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- TIIIRDS TO FONTANA & 00., OF SAME PLACE.

CAN-WIPING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,87 9, dated March 24, 1896.

Application filed September 30, 1895. Serial No. 559,828- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be itknown thatLANTONIO CERRUTI, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county oi San Francisco, State of California,have invented an Improvement in CanlViping Machines; and I hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

Myinvention relates to the class of machinery for wiping cans that have been filled with liquids, especially with sirups and my invention consists of the constructions and combinations of devices which I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

In the operation of filling cans with sirup it is the practice to tilt the cans, thereby spilling out from them the surplus sirup and then to wipe the open tops of said cans withbrushes, so as to properly prepare them for sealing.

' Figure l is a plan viewof a can-wiping machine, one of the brushes being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through one of the brushes. Fig. 3 is an end View showing the adjustable standards.

Mycan-wiping machine is especially adapted for use in connection with a preceding device or machine (not shown) by which the cans are tilted in order to spill out the surplus sirup. The framework A of the machine may be of any suitable construction. \Vithin this frame are properly mounted terminal drums B, one of which is shown in Fig. 1, adapted to be driven by mechanism unneccessary herein to illustrate. Around the terminal drums passes an endless traveling carrierin the form of a belt 0 for advancing the cans through the machine. Above the carrier are the brushes G. These are rotated by a central shaft Ilhavingapinion 72, which engages with pinions g upon the shafts g of the brushes. The brushes are vertically adjustable by having the standards I, which support their bearings, vertically movable by means of elongated slots a, through which suitable bolts 1) pass into the main frame.

When the cans are filled with liquid they are tilted laterally, whereby the surplus liquid is spilled out of them. Thereupon they are placed upon the endless carrier O by which they are carried under the brushes G and their tops wiped off to prepare the tops for subsequent sealing.

The practice in wiping the tops of the cans by hand is to wipe them first in one direction and then in the other about at right angles to the first direction. To effect this in my machine I have mounted the brushes G at an angle to each other, so that the first brush will wipe the top of the cans in one direction and the second in another direction, thereby thoroughly wiping them. These brushes must be kept clean and moist, and at the same time with a drying tendency. To eitect these results the shafts g of the brushes are made hollow and in one end have a communication with a pipe L, which said pipe communicates with a pipe M from a source of water and a pipe N from a-source of steam, said communication being controlled by suitable cocks in and a, as shown.

The shaft g of the brushes is perforated at g within the hollow center g of the brush. This hollow center of the brush is formed of end heads g, and the brushes themselves are made in sections extending between the end heads and separated from one another, so that between each section of the brush there is a free space designed by g to the interior.

Steam and water being constantly admitted through the pipe L, and the quantities regulated by the cooks m and n, enter the hollow center of the brushes through the perforations and pass outwardly between the peripheral openings g and thereby keep the brushes clean, the steam being for the purpose of heating the Water and thus tending to dryness. lVith the second brush steam alone might be used or both steam and water, as may be desired.

The brushes are nearly surrounded by a cover P to prevent spraying as the said brushes revolve, the said cover being supported in position in any suitable manner. They are herein shown as being supported by the hubs of the brushes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a can-wiping machine, the combination, of a frame having a support for the cans,

a pair of brushes mounted in said frame and set at an angle to each other, and means for ed, a shaft intermediate 0f the brushes, having a pinion, pinions on the shafts of the brushes engaged and driven by the firstnamed pinion, said brush-shafts being in the form of hollow perforated pipes, the waterpipe L with its valves, connecting with the shafts of the brushes and the steam-pipe N connecting with the water-pipe.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ANTONIO CERRUTI.

WVitnesses:

S. L. GOLDSTEIN, GEO. MCLEAN. 

